The History of Confusing Verdicts From Florida Juries

Court spectators listen to the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial. (Getty Images)

Though many people worldwide were shocked at the not-guilty verdict handed down in the George Zimmerman trial, it's just one of many Florida trials with verdicts that made us wonder, "What was that jury thinking?"

A lot of people are having a hard time accepting this verdict, given that Zimmerman was armed with a pistol and Martin was not, and a police dispatcher told Zimmerman not to follow Martin, and he did it anyway.

It doesn't help that the same prosecutor who lost the Zimmerman case recently won a conviction against Marissa Alexander, a black woman who fired a warning shot to chase off her abusive ex-husband, hurting no one. She was sentenced to 20 years in prison for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Twenty years for a warning shot against a known abuser versus no time at all for killing an unarmed teenager leaves you scratching your head and wondering if justice is not just blind but also insane.